Port channel 'not deployed'--any ideas?

aswokei · ‎03-14-2018

I did everything I think I need to do, but I'm getting this error when I create a port channel.

Here's the fault.

Fault delegate: Configuration failed due to invalid-card,invalid-port for uni/infra/accportprof-Leaf101-102_prof/hports-pSel51-54-typ-range for node Leaf1

Details

I’ve tried looking into the forums, as well as googling.

I don’t know what this could mean. ‘invalid-card,invalid-port’? The interfaces are up.

Eth1/48 -- connected trunk full 10G 10Gbase-SR

Eth1/49 -- connected routed full 40G QSFP-H40G-AOC5M

Eth1/49.10 -- connected routed full 40G QSFP-H40G-AOC5M

Eth1/50 -- sfpabsent routed full inherit --

Eth1/50.2 -- parentdown routed full inherit --

Eth1/51 -- connected routed full 40G QSFP-40G-SR4

Eth1/51.3 -- connected routed full 40G QSFP-40G-SR4

Eth1/52 -- notconnect routed full inherit QSFP-40G-SR4

Eth1/52.4 -- parentdown routed full inherit QSFP-40G-SR4

Eth1/53 -- connected routed full 40G QSFP-40G-SR4

Eth1/53.5 -- connected routed full 40G QSFP-40G-SR4

Eth1/54 -- notconnect routed full inherit QSFP-40G-SR4

Eth1/54.6 -- parentdown routed full inherit QSFP-40G-SR4

Cannot for the life of me figure out what this means. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

gmonroy · ‎03-14-2018

aswokei,

Depending on your model of switch, the upper 6-12 ports are Fabric Ports which means they are only meant to be connected into spines and not configured for host connectivity.

From the ACI Fabric Hardware Installation Guide:

Connecting Leaf Switches to Spine Switches

For optimal forwarding between endpoints, you must connect each leaf switch (Cisco Nexus 93108TC-EX, 93108TC-FX, 93120TX, 93128TX, 93180LC-EX, 93180YC-EX, 93180YC-FX, 9332PQ, 9372PX, 9372PX-E, 9372TX, 9372TX-E, 9396PX, or 9396TX) to every spine switch (Cisco Nexus 9336PQ, 9504, 9508, or 9516) in the same ACI fabric. The following table lists the number of ports that you can connect on each type of leaf switch and the supported speeds for those ports.

Leaf Switch		Maximum Number of Uplink Connections	Supported Transmission Speeds (Uplink Ports)
Cisco Nexus 93108TC-EX		6 QSFP28 fixed ports	10, 40, and 100 Gigabits¹
Cisco Nexus 93108TC-FX		6 QSFP28 fixed ports	10, 40, and 100 Gigabits
Cisco Nexus 93120TX		6 QSFP+ fixed ports	40 Gigabits
Cisco Nexus 93128TX	with M6PQ or M4PQ-E uplink module	6 QSFP+ ports	40 Gigabits
Cisco Nexus 93128TX	with M12PQ uplink module	8 QSFP+ ports (leftmost 8 ports are supported on 12-port module)	1, 10, or 40 Gigabits¹
Cisco Nexus 93180LC-EX		6 QSFP28 fixed ports	40, and 100 Gigabits
Cisco Nexus 93180YC-EX		6 QSFP28 fixed ports	10, 40, and 100 Gigabits¹
Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX		6 QSFP28 fixed ports	10, 40, and 100 Gigabits¹
Cisco Nexus 9332PQ		6 QSFP+ fixed ports	10 or 40 Gigabits¹
Cisco Nexus 9372PX Cisco Nexus 9372PX-E Cisco Nexus 9372TX Cisco Nexus 9372TX-E		6 QSFP+ ports	40 Gigabits
Cisco Nexus 9396PX Cisco Nexus 9396TX	with M6PQ or M4PQ-E uplink module	6 QSFP+ ports	40 Gigabits
Cisco Nexus 9396PX Cisco Nexus 9396TX	with M12PQ uplink module	12 QSFP+ ports	10 or 40 Gigabits¹

¹ For 10-Gigabit support, use a QSFP-to-SFP adapter (such as CVR-QSFP-SFP10G) with a SFP+ or SFP transceiver.

The overview section of the same guide goes into model specific port usage.

-Gabriel

aswokei · ‎03-14-2018

Fantastic. I even recall reading that in a book. Just forgot. Thanks!

Beau Poehls · ‎03-14-2018

Support for converting the uplinks to downlinks was added in 3.1(1i) with EX or FX model switches.

APIC 3.1(1i) Release Notes # Search for Converting uplink ports and downlink ports

You can connect a FEX to those interfaces now.